| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 203 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : the industrial landscape of timber -- Logging history in the San Francisco Bay Area -- The immigration mosaic of the west -- Laboring at Loma Prieta -- Archaeology at Loma Prieta mill-- Artifacts : a window to life at the mill -- Conclusion : reading ethnicity and class |
| Summary |
While taking a critical look at the labor and social issues related to timber, the story of labor, immigration, and development around the San Francisco Bay region is told through the lens of an archaeological case study of a major player of the timber industry between 1885 and 1920. Timber, Sail, and Rail recounts the mill operations and broadly examines its intersections with other industries, such as shipping, brick manufacture, rail companies, lime production, and other lesser enterprises. Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork, as well as ethnography and regional archival work, are examined to emphasize technological and labor components at the historic Loma Prieta mill |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 27, 2020) |
| Subject |
Sawmills -- California -- Loma Prieta -- History
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Lumber trade -- California -- Loma Prieta -- History
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HISTORY -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
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Lumber trade.
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Sawmills.
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| SUBJECT |
Loma Prieta (Calif.) -- History
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| Subject |
California -- Loma Prieta.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1789207274 |
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9781789207279 |
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